Consultant in Cellular Pathology

We have a vacancy arise for a Consultant post in Cellular Pathology. This will be based be based at Royal Blackburn Hospital. and is a full time, permanent post. The working week will be - Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm with no expectation of providing on call for this post. The successful applicant will join our team of consultants and will be required to provide a comprehensive histopathology service., You will be expected to co-operate with other members of the Pathology Directorate to ensure effective administrative arrangements are made in the laboratory, which will include: -

• Recruitment and appointment of junior medical staff, BMSs and secretarial staff having dealings with the histopathology department.
• The arrangement of rosters of staff, the allocation of duties to them and their instruction in necessary organisational matters.
• Co-ordination with staff in other professional disciplines and health care workers outside the hospital.
• Attendance at Board meetings and other committees when pathology issues are being discussed and to participate in resource management.
• Continuing management responsibility by agreement with other consultants in the Cellular Pathology Department, specifically for the service in their charge and for administrative duties associated with these services and the proper functioning of the department, though they may delegate certain responsibilities to the senior staff within the department.
  
  Applicants are expected to be experienced in all aspects of histopathology and non-gynae cytology and there are opportunities to develop special interests although experience in breast, urology, colorectal and skin pathology would be more beneficial to the post.
  
  Royal Blackburn Hospital is a major referral centre for HPB, Head & Neck and Urology Cancer Services and we also receive cancer resections from Colorectal, Breast and Gynae Units. It is a national screening unit for Bowel cancer screening patients. The Department is recognised for 4 Cellular pathology STs and in addition supported by 2 Senior Clinical Fellows.